Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-26
ST. LOUIS MADE HAPPY.
ITS INVITATION TO THE PRESIDENT
ACCEPTED WITH THANKS.

An Extended Western Tour Almost Among
the Certainties-The Big Bridge Dele
CATION Hold a JoiIiflcation - Both of
Decisions by the Interstate Commits
sion-Drummers Not Privileged Tourists
WASHINGTON CITY, July 26.-The st.
Louis people have succeeded in obtaining the
acceptance OF President Cleveland of an in
vitatioD TO visit that city during their October
festivities At Il O'Clock Monday the delega-
ton called at the White House and there
were received by the president and presented
their desires, Mayor Francis making the ad-
dress He told the president that St Louis
with united voice had resolved to repeat
the invitation which certain occurrences had
constrained him to once decline, and that the
invitation emanated from the governing peo-
pie, and not from any organization-civil or
military, political or religious The people
of the west would congregate in vast num-
befs to welcome the chief magistrate. The
first week in October had been designated be
cause at that time the trade pageant the
visit of the yelled prophet, the exposition and
the fair were all in progress, and the yeo-
manry of the west could with least detri-
ment TO their agricultural interests assemble
TO do the president honor. If another time
would better suit him, however, his welcome
would be none the less genuine. He closed
by urging the president of the United States
to ''honor us with your presence" and the
honest, fearless man who 90 ably fills his high
office to "come and be our guest
He then presented the engraved invitation,
which was gotten up in highly artistic style.
The president in few appropriate remarks,
complimented the enterprise of st Louis, and
declared that what had happened had in no
way weakened his desire to visit that city
he accepted the invitation conditioned on the
STIMULATION that it should not Interfere with
his previous promise to visit Atlanta. This
he had no doubt could be arranged by cor
reSpondence between committee OF ~. LOUIS
citizens and himself There was plenty of
time, and the thing must he done.
The mayor suggested that the yelled prophet
might be induced 10 delay his visit until he
could meet the president, and addei that it
was not 10 be forgotten that Mrs Cleveland
was included in the invitation. to which Mr.
Cleveland responded that she was not likely
to permit it to be forgotten. The delegation
then. after extending the invitation TO the
cabinet. withdrew
The st Louis delegation were so overjoved
with the result of their visit to the president
that they could not felicitate informally, but
held meeting at Wizards hotel at night
gathering us early as O'Clock and made
speeches and congratulated themselves until
late hour, Ii, the absence of Mayor Francis,
the chairman of the delegation, who, upon
invitation, took dinner with the president
and Mrs Cleveland at Oakview, John s
Moffett presided over the meeting Ex-Lieu-
tenant Governor Campbsl and State Sena-
tor George A. Castleman criticised severely
the efforts of Grand Army of the Republic
leaders to prevent the Presidents visit TO st,
Louis. Mr. Castleman, in criticlsug these
efforts referred TO 'unprincipled demagogues
who endeavered TO aid themselves by iniur-
ing Others but who had onv afforded Mis-
souri, another opportunity to extend a hearty
and bipartisan invitation to worthy chief
magistrate of the nation
Numerous kilograms were sent by the dele
CATION to mayors of cities of Missouri, and to
Others, announcing the unqualified success of
their mission to Washington
1t begins to look nov as though President
Cleveland will start the latter part of Sep
TENDER for an extended tour in the north west,
west and south The Kansas City, No.
delegation are expected here in day or two
with an elaborate invitation signed by thou
sands urging the president TO he present at
their national agricultural exposition this fall
He will very probably accept this, now that
he has promised TO go to st, Louis, and be
sides will he pressed and urged to go as far in
the northwest as Minneapolis His presence
in these cities is subordinated, as indicated in
his response to the st. Louis men, to posi-
tive promise TO be in Atlanta about the mid
die of October